BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Downtown Ithaca - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Downtown Ithaca X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Downtown Ithaca REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250413T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250411T182128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250411T182128Z UID:10004588-1744552800-1744563600@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Collaborative Worldbuilding Workshop DESCRIPTION:Create a world collaboratively to be used for TTRPGs\, your next novel\, and more! During this workshop\, we will work together to create a world from the ground up\, and end up with a little universe of our own at the end. Supplies provided\, but feel free to bring whatever creative materials you’d like. \nWe do not want financial barriers to keep folks from our events. Let us know if you want to attend but cannot afford it. URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/collaborative-worldbuilding-workshop/ LOCATION:Riverwood\, 116 E State St\, ITHACA\, N\, 14850\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/3-3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Riverwood":MAILTO:marking@theriverwoodotter.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250410T184716Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T204249Z UID:10004568-1744588800-1745193599@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Downtown Ithaca Egg Hunt DESCRIPTION:Celebrate spring with a fun\, self-guided egg hunt throughout Downtown Ithaca! From April 14–20\, visitors can search for colorful eggs hidden in shops\, restaurants\, hotels\, and other downtown businesses. Each egg contains small prizes\, treats\, or raffle tickets. \nHold onto any raffle ticket you find — winning ticket numbers will be announced on Monday\, April 21 on Downtown Ithaca’s website and social media. Winners will receive Downtown gift cards. \nFree to participate. No registration required. \nOur participating businesses:\nPlease note that each business has their own hours of operation! \n15 Steps\nAlphabet Soup\nAutumn Leaves\nBool’s Flower Shop\nBuffalo Street Books\nCayuga Lake Creamery\nCenter Ithaca\nComics For Collectors\nCommunity School of Music & Arts\nCornell Store on the Commons\nEnvious\nHome Green Home\nHotel Ithaca\nIthaca Marriott Downtown on the Commons\nIthacamade\nMonks on the Commons\nNick Romo\, State Farm\nOdyssey Bookstore\nParis Baguette\nPetrune\nPoured Candle Bar\nRiverwood\nSewGreen\nState Theatre of Ithaca – Box Office\nSunny Days of Ithaca\nThe Brain Shoppe\nThe Cat’s Pajamas\nThe Cellar d’Or Wine\, Cider & Spirits\nV’s Hair Salon\nVisit Ithaca\nViva Taqueria & Cantina\nWoodpecker Bread URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/downtown-ithaca-egg-hunt/ LOCATION:Downtown Ithaca\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/egg-hunt-5-Egg-hunt.png ORGANIZER;CN="Downtown Ithaca":MAILTO:Adam@downtownithaca.com GEO:42.4394279;-76.4969274 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T120000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250324T141251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T141251Z UID:10004503-1744797600-1744804800@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Carl the Collector Screenings and Resource Fair DESCRIPTION:Presented by WSKG in collaboration with Tompkins County Public Library \nJoin us for a FREE sensory-friendly event featuring the new PBS Kids show “Carl the Collector” at Tompkins County Public Library. \nEnjoy screenings of this heartwarming series about Carl\, an autistic raccoon who solves problems in Fuzzytown. \nScreenings will have limited group sizes\, with sign-ups available at check-in on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nExplore community resource tables\, engage in crafts\, and celebrate neurodiversity with us! URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/carl-the-collector-screenings-and-resource-fair/ LOCATION:Tompkins County Public Library\, 101 E. Green Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, 14850 CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/Carl-the-Collector-Web-blog.png ORGANIZER;CN="TCPL":MAILTO:communications@tcpl.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250416T220000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250409T193606Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250409T193606Z UID:10004520-1744830000-1744840800@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Wednesday Open Mic Night at The Nocturnal Café DESCRIPTION:The Nocturnal Café (formerly Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar) welcomes you to experience our weekly Open Mic Night hosted by a rotating cast of talented local artists. Come on down to share your song or story! Let’s cultivate shared creativity! Showcase your talents and enjoy the experience of creative connection with a welcoming and supportive audience at Ithaca’s only alcohol-free nightlife destination. URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/wednesday-open-mic-night-at-the-nocturnal-cafe/2025-04-16/ LOCATION:The Nocturnal Café\, 103 S. Geneva St.\, Ithaca\, 14850 CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/open-mic-SR.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="The Nocturnal Caf%C3%A9":MAILTO:nocturnalcafeny@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250327T180817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T180900Z UID:10004508-1744902000-1744909200@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Climate Literature Discussion DESCRIPTION:Talk with others in our community about climate change\, seen through contemporary fiction and non-fiction books. \nAbout the Books: \nThe Annual Migration of Clouds – \nA novella set in post-climate disaster Alberta; a woman infected with a mysterious parasite must choose whether to pursue a rare opportunity far from home or stay and help rebuild her community. The world is nothing like it once was: climate disasters have wracked the continent\, causing food shortages\, ending industry\, and leaving little behind. Then came Cad\, mysterious mind-altering fungi that invade the bodies of the now scattered citizenry. Reid\, a young woman who carries this parasite\, has been given a chance to get away — to move to one of the last remnants of pre-disaster society — but she can’t bring herself to abandon her mother and the community that relies on her. When she’s offered a coveted place on a dangerous and profitable mission\, she jumps at the opportunity to set her family up for life\, but how can Reid ask people to put their trust in her when she can’t even trust her own mind? With keen insight and biting prose\, Premee Mohamed delivers a deeply personal tale in this post-apocalyptic hopepunk novella that reflects on the meaning of community and asks what we owe to those who have lifted us up. \nOn the Move: The Overheating Earth and the Uprooting of America – \nA vivid\, journalistic account of how climate change will make American life as we know it unfeasible. Humanity is on the precipice of a great climate migration\, and Americans will not be spared. Tens of millions of people are likely to be driven from the places they call home. Poorer communities will be left behind\, while growth will surge in the cities and regions most attractive to climate refugees. America will be changed utterly. Abrahm Lustgarten’s On the Move is the definitive account of what this massive population shift might look like. As he shows\, the United States will be rendered unrecognizable by four unstoppable forces: wildfires in the West; frequent flooding in coastal regions; extreme heat and humidity in the South; and droughts that will make farming all but impossible across much of the nation. Reporting from the front lines of climate migration\, Lustgarten explains how a pattern of shortsighted policies encouraged millions to settle in vulnerable parts of the country\, and introduces us to homeowners in California\, insurance customers in Florida\, and ranchers in Colorado who are being forced to make the agonizing choice of when\, not whether\, to leave. Employing the most current climate data and predictive models\, he shows how America’s population will be squeezed northward into a shrinking triangle of land stretching from Tennessee to Maine to the Great Lakes. The places many of us now call home are at risk\, and On the Move reveals how we’ll deal with the consequences. URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/climate-literature-discussion/ LOCATION:Buffalo Street Books\, 215 N. Cayuga St.\, Ithaca CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/Climate-Lit-Discussions-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Buffalo Street Books":MAILTO:lisa@buffalostreetbooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250410T185230Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T185231Z UID:10004569-1744995600-1745002800@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Sidewalk Showcase – Presented by Visions Federal Credit Union DESCRIPTION:Enjoy free outdoor performances on the Commons! April’s Sidewalk Showcase features high-energy juggling from the Cornell Juggling Club and mesmerizing acrobatics by Shekinah Williams Goddess. Presented by Visions Federal Credit Union. URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/sidewalk-showcase-presented-by-visions-federal-credit-union/ LOCATION:Ithaca Commons\, E. State Street\, Ithaca\, NY\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/300X300.png ORGANIZER;CN="Downtown Ithaca":MAILTO:Adam@downtownithaca.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250418T200000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250327T180921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T180921Z UID:10004509-1744995600-1745006400@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Buzz Kill - J. Robert Lennon with Alexandra Kleeman DESCRIPTION:Join J. Robert Lennon for a reading and conversation with Alexandra Kleeman on his new book\, Buzz Kill. \nAbout the Book: When the shadowy circumstances of a relative’s death are brought to light\, Jane and Lila are plunged into the recesses of an underground drug operation with links to a burgeoning fascist movement. \nThe Pool sisters have gone into business together: a down-home\, if unequal\, PI enterprise. But then Lila receives a shocking piece of news from an old friend of their Aunt Ruth’s: their aunt’s suicide more than a decade earlier might not have been what it seemed. A lawyer\, she had represented a disgraced chemist working on a dangerous synthetic opioid. But once the client\, Travis Nutt\, was poised to lose\, he went rogue and unleashed the adulterant as a street drug\, in conjunction with a shadowy cartel. Can the twins solve the mystery of their aunt’s death and bring this cultlike billionaire to justice? Meanwhile\, Jane has been invited to attend a writers’ conference\, an outlet she relishes until her dangerously confessional prose is seen by the wrong eyes. Her teenage daughter\, Chloe\, becomes the victim of a deepfake video while campaigning for class president and aggressively pursues the instigators\, unaware of the muscle behind them. And old Harry\, Jane’s father\, has stumbled upon a piece of unknown history that opens an unexpected door. \nBuzz Kill is a rambunctious\, kinetic\, elastically braided narrative of a ride that shows J. Robert Lennon is at the height of his powers. \nAbout the Author: J. Robert Lennon is the author of two story collections\, Pieces For The Left Hand and See You in Paradise\, and eight novels\, including Mailman\, Castle\, Familiar\, Broken River\, and most recently\, Hard Girls. He holds an MFA from the University of Montana\, and has published short fiction in The New Yorker\, Harper’s\, Playboy\, Granta\, The Paris Review\, Electric Literature\, and elsewhere. He has been anthologized in Best American Short Stories\, Best American Nonrequired Reading\, and Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards. His book reviews have appeared in The New York Times Book Review\, The Guardian\, and The London Review of Books\, and he lives in Ithaca\, New York\, where he teaches writing at Cornell University. URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/buzz-kill-j-robert-lennon-with-alexandra-kleeman/ LOCATION:Buffalo Street Books\, 215 N. Cayuga St.\, Ithaca CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/J.-Robert-Lennon-Buzz-Kill.png ORGANIZER;CN="Buffalo Street Books":MAILTO:lisa@buffalostreetbooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T180000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250410T193223Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T193223Z UID:10004570-1745078400-1745085600@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Culinary History of the Finger Lakes - A Tasting DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the release of the newly edited “Culinary History of the Finger Lakes\,” join Buffalo Street Books for an incredible evening with sommelier\, Laura Winter Falk\, and Hazelnut Kitchen Chef\, Matt Hummel! URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/culinary-history-of-the-finger-lakes-a-tasting/ LOCATION:Buffalo Street Books\, 215 N. Cayuga St.\, Ithaca CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/Laura-Winter-Falk-Culinary-History.png ORGANIZER;CN="Buffalo Street Books":MAILTO:lisa@buffalostreetbooks.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T190000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250417T135722Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T135722Z UID:10004596-1745082000-1745089200@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Pokémon TCG Trading Night DESCRIPTION:Come down to Riverwood with your binder and trade with the house and other Pokémon TCG players and collectors at this FREE event! URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/pokemon-tcg-trading-night/ LOCATION:Riverwood\, 116 E State St\, ITHACA\, N\, 14850\, United States CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/event-posts-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Riverwood":MAILTO:marking@theriverwoodotter.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250419T213000 DTSTAMP:20260424T084505 CREATED:20250407T142456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250407T142547Z UID:10004513-1745083800-1745098200@www.downtownithaca.com SUMMARY:Maddy Walsh & The Blind Spots Springtime Show wsg SingTrece! DESCRIPTION:Join Maddy Walsh & The Blind Spots for a springtime show at the beautiful Foundation of Light\, with a very special guest\, the incomparable SingTrece! \nAvailable for purchase: Amazing southern fare from Simply Red Kitchen\, wine from award-winning Osmote Wines\, and beer from Liquid State! \nAdvanced tickets sold exclusively via Venmo: @TheBlindSpots \n$15 adv / $25 dos \nEARLY SHOW: Doors open for food and drinks at 5:30pm; music starts at 6:30pm. Kids welcome (and free\, under 12)! URL:https://www.downtownithaca.com/event/maddy-walsh-the-blind-spots-springtime-show-wsg-singtrece/ CATEGORIES:Featured ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.downtownithaca.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5757.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Maddy Walsh &%3B The Blind Spots":MAILTO:moxyrockmanagement@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR